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Arista album discography: The late '80s and a slight hint at the Milli Vanilli scandal · 7:42pm Oct 17th, 2016
After a Whitney-laced 1987, 1988 was a relatively quiet year for Arista. Tommy Mottola attempted to keep Hall and Oates under contract when their RCA obligation ran out, so Hall and Oates did the inverse of what Barry Manilow had done in 1985 (he himself did the inverse in '87) and their first album for the label, Ooh Yeah!, included the hits "Everything Your Heart Desires" (#3 in May—their last to make the Top 10), "Missed Opportunity", and "Downtown Life". Aretha Franklin
